Cycling UCI Road World Championships 2011 - Mark Cavendish Elite Race Winner Full HD

Cycling UCI Road World Championships 2011 - Mark Cavendish Elite Race Winner Full HD, last 5.5 km.

Great Britain won the world road race championship for the first time in 46 years when Mark Cavendish finished off an incredible demonstration of team work and pace-making by his seven teammates with a perfectly judged sprint on the drag up to the finish to beat Australia's Matt Goss by a wheel. Germany's André Greipel took the bronze medal, just edging out Fabian Cancellara (Switzerland) by a tyre's width.

Results:
1. Mark Cavendish (Great Britain) 5:40:27
2. Matthew Harley Goss (Australia)
3. André Greipel (Germany)
4. Fabian Cancellara (Switzerland)
5. Jurgen Roelandts (Belgium)
6. Romain Feillu (France)
7. Borut Bozic (Slovenia)
8. Edvald Boasson Hagen (Norway)
9. Oscar Freire Gomez (Spain)
10. Tyler Farrar (United States Of America)
11. Denis Galimzyanov (Russian Federation)
12. Peter Sagan (Slovakia)
13. Anthony Ravard (France)
14. Daniele Bennati (Italy)
15. Rui Costa (Portugal)
16. Manuel Antonio Leal Cardoso (Portugal)
17. Philippe Gilbert (Belgium)
18. Michael Morkov (Denmark)
19. David Veilleux (Canada)
20. Grega Bole (Slovenia)

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[marsco23]

The British team were all prepared to sacrifice themselves because they knew Cav would finish off the job and he didn't disappoint - bring on the Olympics!

[muzzleUK]

what an awful road race at the olympics. such a great shame

[Daz555Daz]

One team (GB) cannot chase a breakaway of that size on their own.

[BenyoMusic]

Best sprinter!

[cauber caube]

ALBERTO CONTADOR 3 TOUR 2 GIRO 2 VUELTA

[mjr6942]

Listen mate, he's just won the world championships road race, the pure ebullience and excitement that comes with that would near overcome any fatigue

[Ed P]

I didn't, but I have a good eye when it comes to doping. You didn't see him inject himself during the race, didn't you?

[Frubber Duck]

How would you know - did you talk to him afterwards?

[Ed P]

if you look at Cavendish, he is not huffing nor puffing after the finish line. He looks like Armstrong after winning AlpeDuez alone. They look so relaxed. I am a fairly good observer.

[LECHATEL]

In simple terms... Tean GB had less men at the Olympics and couldn;t control the race alone. The way the race worked out the breakaway was actually stronger than the peleton because more people were prepared to take turns at the front of it. It makes a huge difference to the amount of energy expended (and potentially saved for a sprint.) Peleton speed DEPENDS on enough people sharing the load and dragging the rest.

Road races are by nature chaotic. This race is a miracle for a road fan.

[fchoudhury13]

Or maybe the peleton were far too slow and left it too late. Flopped big time GB did.

[eyesz]

this is super nervous.